COMCO Mundo emerges as the most awarded organization in PH and across Asia-Pacific at the global Gold Quill Awards 2024 given by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)

 

Powerhouse communications group COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises is the most awarded organization in the Philippines and across the Asia-Pacific region at the global Gold Quill Awards 2024 given by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), reaping five Gold Quill recognitions for the Century Tuna "Saving Our Seas" Project, UNMASKED: The COMCO Mundo Write to Ignite Initiative Season 3, and Camp COMCO Mentorship Program.  

“Saving Our Seas” Initiative

The Save Our Planet, Save Our Seas - The Century Tuna's "Saving Our Seas" Initiative won the Gold Quill Award for Corporate Social Responsibility and Climate Change and Sustainability Communication. The initiative is led by Century Tuna, the no. 1 tuna brand in the Philippines together with COMCO Southeast Asia, the flagship PR agency of COMCO Mundo. With the goal of saving marine biodiversity, the Saving Our Seas campaign was launched to combat the growing issue of  plastic pollution and promote the concept of a plastic circular economy in the Philippines.

UNMASKED: The COMCO Mundo Write to Ignite Initiative 

COMCO Mundo bagged the Gold Quill Award for Digital Communication and Social Media for UNMASKED: The COMCO Mundo Write to Ignite Initiative Season 3. COMCO's partner storytellers, content creators and bloggers across the Philippines shared moving and inspriing stories that championed the human spirit in the third season of the award-winning Write to Ignite Blogging Project. The third season of Write to Ignite was created and organized by COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises, with airasia, Babyflo and PHILUSA Corporation, Century Tuna, Licealiz and Lamoiyan Corporation, Rémy Martin, and Uratex Monoblock as its brand partners. Make-A-Wish, Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), Philippine Eagle Foundation, Save the Children and SOS Children’s Villages are this season’s non-government organization partners.

Camp COMCO Mentorship Program 

COMCO Mundo’s comprehensive and intensive talent incubation initiative, industry linkage course, and apprenticeship program – Camp COMCO Mentorship Program was honored with the Gold Quill Award for Communication Training and Education.

Organized by COMCO Mundo's training and education unit, COMCO School of Communications, the Camp COMCO Mentorship Program enables its apprentices to have solid experience in the field, gain access and exposure to the industry, and kickstart the practice. One of the unique propositions of the program is its curriculum which includes learning activities like Skills Calibration, Mentorship Sessions, Strategic Communications Immersion, and Specialization Elective. In each cycle, the apprentices are grouped into mentorship houses such as House Flying Fox, House Bearcat, House Whaleshark, and House Hawksbill, enabling a more focused mentorship by each house’s respective stewards. 

“The Gold Quill is the most coveted award for PR and communications practitioners in the world and being recognized by a global organization like IABC for our projects and initiatives is a great honor for COMCO Mundo alongside its agencies and brands in Southeast Asia and the Middle East & Africa. These recognitions fuel our passion to do more and reach more audiences globally through our brand of #MeaningsulStorytelling,” said Group Chief Executive Director and Lead Strategic Communications Counsel/Partner and Co-Founder Ferdinand L. Bondoy.

The awarding ceremony will happen in Chicago, USA on June 25, 2024, at the IABC World Conference. 

The Gold Quill Awards, organized by the USA-headquartered global organization IABC, honors strategic, timely, and innovative communications practices globally and is acknowledged as one of the most prestigious awards programs in the industry. The IABC continues to recognize agencies, companies, and brands that demonstrated impact, set the standard, and built a legacy across communication professionals through the Gold Quill Awards. 

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